Sustainable Transport and the Environment Guide - Unite the Union

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Acknowledgements The Transport Sector National Committee; the Civil Air Transport National Trade Group Committee; the Docks, Inland Waterways and Fisheries National Trade Group Committee; the Passenger Transport National Trade Group Committee; and the Road Transport National Trade Group Committee would like to thank Caroline Molloy; John Neal; Colin Potter; and Roger Sealey from the Unite the Union Research Department for their contributions to this report. 1
Table of Contents Page Acknowledgements................................................................................. 1 Contents .............................................................................................. 2 Tables .............................................................................................. 3 Figures .............................................................................................. 3 1 Sustainable Transport and the Transport Worker – An Introduction.........................................................................5 2 Unite the Union and sustainable transport 2.1 Introduction.......................................................................... 11 2.2 Can we afford sustainable transport?................................... 11 2.3. Impacts................................................................................. 12 2.4 Scientific concerns worsening ............................................. 15 2.5 The impact of the transport sector........................................ 16 2.6 Sustainability and economic impacts – especially in a downturn .............................................................................. 17 2.7 What Can We Do? ............................................................... 18 2. 8 Conclusion ........................................................................... 28 3 Civil Air Transport, Climate Change and the Economy 3.1 Introduction.......................................................................... 28 3.2 European Emissions Trading Scheme.................................. 30 3.3 Future Aviation Growth....................................................... 31 3.4 European Emissions Trading Scheme Background............. 35 3.5 Technical Solutions.............................................................. 37 3.6 What can staff do?................................................................ 44 3.7 Conclusions.......................................................................... 46 4 Docks, Inland Waterways, and Fisheries and Sustainable Transport 4.1: Introduction.......................................................................... 47 4.2 Rising Sea levels .................................................................. 47 4.3: Greenhouse gas emissions ................................................... 49 4.4 Ports ..................................................................................... 50 4.5: What can ports and terminals do to significantly improve their environmental profile?................................................. 51 4.6: Inland Waterways ................................................................ 55 4.7: Shipping ............................................................................... 58 4.8: What can shipping lines do? ................................................ 64 5 Passenger Services Trade Group: Towards Sustainable Transport 5.1: Introduction and Overview of the Sector............................. 66 5.2: Climate Change – Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GGE) ........ 67 5.3: Policy Options...................................................................... 75 2
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4.7: Shipping The problem shipping
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oil contains high concentrations of
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The majority of container shipping
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CO 2 emissions in 2007 to 15 per ce
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has an important part to play in en
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Total Greenhouse Gases by Buses & C
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Percentage of the Total Greenhouse
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More than two thirds of journeys ma
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The intra-EU freight transport, whi
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During the 1990s, there was a signi
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Light Duty Vehicles Carbon Dioxide
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Tackling the sectors’ environment
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the European Court of Justice - the
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CPC training - all drivers have 5 d
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Appendices Appendix 1 Input-based m
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Appendix 3 GREENING YOUR WORKPLACE
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